The DoorsAn American Prayer

Label:

Elektra – K 52 111

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo , Gatefold Sleeve

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Non-Music

Style:

Poetry

Tracklist

Awake
A1 Awake
A2 Ghost Song
A3 Dawn's Highway / Newborn Awakening
To Come Of Age
A4 To Come Of Age
A5 Black Polished Chrome / Latino Chrome
A6 Angels And Sailors / Stoned Immaculate
The Poet's Dreams
A7 The Movie
A8 Curses, Invocations
World On Fire
B1 American Night
B2 Roadhouse Blues
B3 Lament
B4 The Hitchhiker
An American Prayer
B5 An American Prayer
B5a The End
B5b Albioni: Adagio

Companies, etc.

  • Mixed AtCherokee Studios
  • Recorded AtHollywood Sound Recorders
  • Pressed ByRecord Service Alsdorf
  • Made ByWEA Musik GmbH
  • Made ByWarner Music Manufacturing Europe
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Elektra Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Copyright ©Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Published ByRondor Music (London) Ltd.
  • Lacquer Cut AtStrawberry Mastering

Credits

  • DrumsJohn Densmore
  • Engineer [Assistant]Paul Black
  • GuitarRobby Krieger
  • KeyboardsRay Manzarek
  • Lyrics By [Poems, Lyrics & Stories]Jim Morrison
  • Producer [Produced], Directed ByRobby Krieger
  • Producer [Produced], Engineer [Engineered By]John Haeny
  • Songwriter [All Songs By]Doors*
  • Vocals, Speech [Spoken Words]Jim Morrison

Notes

Cat# "ELK 52 111" on back cover and spine.
Cat# "5E-502" on back cover and spine (bracketed).
Cat# "K 52 111" on labels.

[Back cover:]
℗ & © 1978 Elektra / Asylum Records
A Division Of Warner Communications Inc.
Made in by WEA Musik GmbH [Warner Communications 'W' logo]
Debossed [Warner Communications 'W' logo] on bottom right.

[Labels:]
℗ 1978 Elektra Records
Three-line rim legal text with "Made in by Warner Musik Manufacturing Europe, a Time Warner Company"
Total times: 19:35 (side A)
Total times: 19:05 (side B)

[Runout details:]
The sequences "R/S Alsdorf 52111 A5" (side A) and "R/S Alsdorf 52111 B4 STRAWBERRY(G)" (side B) are stamped, the other sequences are hand etched.

1991 reissue with white labels with the balancing Elektra logo.
Glossy gatefold jacket.
No insert with this reissue.

For similar releases also manufactured in , see:
- An American Prayer: Reissue with different rim text and barcode.
- An American Prayer: Reissue with red label layout.
- An American Prayer: First press with butterfly label layout.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 7559-60556-1 1
  • Barcode (Scan): 075586055611
  • Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA/Biem
  • Price Code (:):
  • Price Code (:): WE 381
  • Label Code: LC 0192
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 52111 A5x
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 52111 B4 STRAWBERRY(G)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 52111 A5x 132
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 52111 B4 STRAWBERRY(G) 103
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 52111 A5x 104
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 52111 B4 STRAWBERRY(G) 75

Other Versions (5 of 170)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
An American Prayer (LP, Album, Gatefold, Specialty Pressing) Elektra 5E-502 US 1978
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An American Prayer (LP, Album) Elektra W 52111 Italy 1978
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An American Prayer (LP, Album, Stereo, Butterfly Labels) Elektra ELK 52 111, 5E-502 1978
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An American Prayer (8-Track Cartridge, Album) Elektra 5T-8502 US 1978
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An American Prayer (LP, Album, Stereo) Elektra P-10504E Japan 1978

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